Chapter 1411 - The True History (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“You’re standing on my head right now,” said Ertos slowly.
Lily had just turned back into a human at that time. She was tidying up and picking at the fur on her tail. “Ertos? That Ertos?” She raised her voice upon hearing it.
The drawling voice rose again without emotion. “I don’t quite understand the way you’ve just put it…”
“Just ignore her.” Hao Ren pressed Lily down and looked up at the sky. The invisible “jellyfish” in the sky reappeared as the energy from the previous battle had not dissipated. Its undulating surface sparkled, and its slender tentacles hung from the air like threads in a cloud, connecting the colossi on the ground. “You’re… the one in the sky?” Hao Ren asked.
“You’re the first one who’s noticed me. You observed a part of me before I was influenced by the negative energy in the environment.” Ertos seemed to confirm Hao Ren’s guess. “It makes me interested in you… Very few creatures can observe the spirit bodies of the Chaos Wanderers, except those that are extremely special or very old. But no matter who or what you are, I owe you a debt of gratitude. Thank you for freeing me from this long labor…”
“The Chaos Wanderers? Is that the name of your race?” Hao Ren frowned. Before he asked what “long labor” meant, he was first interested in the creature itself. “Didn’t you die many years ago? Killed by the great ruler…”
As Hao Ren said that, a thought suddenly occurred to him. “The great ruler who had a big fight with you was the ‘evil spirit’ in the pyramid?”
“The Chaos Wanderers don’t die easily. Most of the time, death is just a change of form for us,” Ertos slowly explained. Its massive body stretched out in the sky as if it was repairing the damage it had suffered from previous battles. “As for the ‘great ruler’, she was indeed the fallen monster of the pyramids… But I’ve noticed that one of you looks a lot like her. May I ask the name of this person first?”
“You can call me Vivian. Don’t worry, I’m not like that crazy one in the pyramid. We just look alike.”
Ertos seemed to believe that. “So… interesting.”
Hao Ren coughed a little and returned to the subject. “So, you didn’t die? Was the great ruler deceived by you after the great battle?”
“No. Though the great ruler destroyed my form, we were not enemies, and I did not deceive her.” Ertos’ answer surprised everyone. “There has never been a battle between us.”
“What do you mean?” asked Y’zaks.
“The mural we found shows that you were a devastating monster in ancient times. You destroyed many human city-states, then the great ruler suddenly came and totally destroyed you,” said Hao Ren, frowning. “Is the legend wrong?”
“Humans have their own way of understanding what they see, but a lot of times they don’t see things as they really are,” Ertos elaborated. “The first half of the legend is correct. My activities led to widespread destruction, but that was not my intention. I can’t control my energy leakage, just as human beings can’t control their organ operation, aging, illness, and death. To the Chaos Wanderers, storms and flames are only part of our bodies, but in the eyes of man, they mean devastating disasters… I’ve tried to admonish creatures that come too close, but communication always ends in war… Ah, wars… There were wars everywhere…”
Hao Ren was surprised: Ertos was actually a pacifist?
Lily looked at the big jellyfish in the sky and asked, “So what’s the truth behind your fight with the great ruler?”
“She suddenly appeared in front of me and showed great strength. I realized it was an opportunity to solve a problem, so I reached an agreement with her,” Ertos explained. “I asked her to help me change my life form to relieve the damage I had unintentionally caused to the world. As you know, the way to change my form is to dismember my body.”